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It sank on Sunday after a new and massive fire erupted, sending a cloud of black smoke as high as 1km above the East China Sea. The bodies of only three of the 32 crew members - 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis - have been found. Officials are calling it "the worst oil spill disaster in decades" and comparing it to a tanker spill in 1991, when 260,000 tonnes of oil leaked off the East African coast of Angola. (more...)

Andrew Borg and Stephen Heasley said the pamphlets were discriminatory, and meant to intimidate them due to their sexual orientation. But when they opened the box, according to court papers, they instead discovered Vistaprint shipped them "approximately 80 copies of a discriminatory pamphlet entitled Understanding Temptation: Fight the Good Fight of the Faith ". (more...)

Last December, a report by a specially convened Oireachtas committee found that Article 40.3.3 was not fit for objective and called for it to be repealed. He said that some people, himself included, have changed their views on this issue over the years. He said that 28 women from Offaly made that journey in that time. (more...)

But when we go overseas, and the way we are checked... Saba became emotional while recollecting the incident and revealed that she, alone of the film crew she was travelling with, was frisked at the airport because she had a Pakistani passport. (more...)

Crews working around the clock cleared boulders, trees and crushed cars from all lanes of US 101, but California officials still weren't sure Monday when the key coastal highway might reopen after being inundated during mudslides that killed 20 people. (more...)

They said the prospect of "regulatory divergence" caused by Brexit could create new incentives for terrorist gangs already involved in cross-border smuggling. We would like them to stay. Mr Varadkar cautioned about interfering in democracy in other countries. "I don't think it's anti-democratic for anyone to change their mind or have a second vote", he said. (more...)

After a report claimed that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the United States plans to scan through San Francisco and Northern California to arrest undocumented immigrants, Congressman Ro Khanna condemned the reported move. (more...)

Remember Jacobs announced his intentions to retire this upcoming summer or at the time Auburn hired a replacement. Greene has played a big role in the funding for construction of an $18 million practice facility for the football team and in the athletic department reaching an apparel deal with Nike. (more...)

The accused has also been ordered to hand over any material he may still have of Chambers and to give up the copyright to the videos he took illegally, which means that she finally has the power to demand the host sites remove the images of her. (more...)

Expect wind chills to drop into the zero to 10 below zero range overnight for most locations. "Winds pick up, gusting at 20 to 30 miles per hour out of the south". Thankfully, temperatures will finally start to warm up as we get closer to the weekend. The bitter cold of the past two days will soon be a memory as warmer temperatures return to the region and provide a brief mid January thaw. (more...)

Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar watched Sanjay Leela Bhansali's controversial period drama, Padmaavat , along with the filmmaker in a special screening at the Art Of Living ashram in Bengaluru on Monday. Rajput outfit Shree Rajput Karni Sena, which is at the forefront of the protests against the movie, has chalked out its next strategy. Following this, the team of the film has chose to appeal to the Supreme Court. (more...)

Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday it was "very significant" that the Bayeux Tapestry will be loaned to Britain from France, more than 950 years after the Norman conquest of England it depicts. The first was to mark the Queen's coronation in 1953, while the second was made in 1966 to mark the 1,000-year anniversary of the Battle of Hastings . (more...)

Parts of Austin, Houston and San Antonio metros have already seen several vehicle accidents due to weather conditions, according to Weather.com. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued winter weather advisories and storm warnings for northern Georgia into Virginia and from MA to Maine. (more...)

The incident took place at the Brightland Inter College school in Triveninagar on Tuesday but was reported only when the KGMU authorities revealed it to the media. As the news spread, parents who had come to pick their children raised slogans against the school for concealing the incident. The school officials suspect a connection to the deadly "Blue Whale" game , which involves a set of violent tasks that end in suicide. (more...)

The accident happened at 4:30am in the Irgiz district of Aktobe region. The bus was travelling along a road in Kazakhstan's north-western Aktau region that links the Russian city of Samara to Shymkent, a city in southern Kazakhstan close to the Uzbek border. (more...)

The missile, which is surface to surface nuclear capable, can hit targets in north China. India successfully tested the inter molecular missile Agni -5, which has been extending from the surface to surface from the surface of 5,000 km. UN Security Council Resolution 1172, which was unanimously adopted in 1998 following nuclear tests by India and Pakistan, calls upon the two countries to cease development of ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear warheads. (more...)

Maess and his two passengers, Christopher McMahon and Roni Durham, managed to jump from the fishing boat just before the crash and were later treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the Clatsop County Sheriff's Office . Maess continues to suffer vision problems, headaches and injuries to his ankle, leg and arm, according to the suit. Investigators reportedly accused Larsen of multiple crimes but it is unclear if he is now facing charges. (more...)

During the meeting, Kelly said he was optimistic about the prospect of a DACA deal and that the president was "committed to a permanent solution", according to the Post. In the meantime, the White House is rejecting Sen. On the House floor in September, Gutierrez said: "General Kelly, when he was the head of Homeland Security, lied straight to the faces of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus about preventing the mass deportation of (DACA recipients)". (more...)

Leaders from both parties were awaiting the results of Tuesday evening's scheduled House Republican Conference meeting to assess the prospects for passing a temporary spending bill with just Republican support, before government funding expires after January 19. (more...)